How to reboot when a Mac crashes??

[stuff99]

Yes I've managed to crash a mac a few times in my short usage tenure on a mac...both the current 20" imac with 2 gig ram and a powerbook 12" G4.

The power button and the force quit doesnt do much. There is no cold boot option short of pulling the batter our power cord out (in the case of the imac) which is what I ended up doing.

On PCs when u hold the power button down it will shutdown the pc when it crashes but it doesnt do that for a mac...so if and when I crash a mac again...what should i do? Is pulling the power cord or taking the battery out the only option?

Thanks

 

[janey]

usually holding down the power button works. as in, for a few seconds.

 

[liketom]

the power button should work just hold it down for more then 10 seconds will always switch it off - if this is not working then maybe you need to speak to an apple repair center

 

[stuff99]

holding the power button usually just brings me into the shut down now option but when i select shut down of course nothing happens...

 

[Hugh]

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holding the power button usually just brings me into the shut down now option but when i select shut down of course nothing happens...

Wait a little longer then. It should power the machine down, then you can just power the thing back up.

What I wish is the reset button back, like they had in the good old days! LOL

Hugh

 

[janey]

holding the power button usually just brings me into the shut down now option but when i select shut down of course nothing happens...

hold it down until the machine powers off. isn't this the same with most laptops anyway? press the button, get the shutdown menu...hold down the button to turn it off.

 

[stuff99]

it doesnt seem to work with either the imac or the laptop when this happens...i'll try it the next time the mac crashes i guess...

 

[A Pittarelli]

if the powerbutton isnt working you could just take out the battery

 

[stuff99]

That's what I dont want to do. I had to pull the powercord from the imac too once.

 

[Cave Man]

That's what I dont want to do. I had to pull the powercord from the imac too once.

When's the last time you did a disk repair by booting off of the install CD/DVD? That may resolve some of your crash problems.

 

[holamiamigos]

does it matter how long after you push the power button to restart?

 

[stuff99]

well to be honest after I made this post I didnt manage to crash my mac since so hopefully thats the end of that story. if i experience a crash again i will see